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Re: Use fingering notation for percussion and drum “ sticking”
From: |
David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: Use fingering notation for percussion and drum “ sticking” |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:00:53 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Ben Finney <address@hidden> writes:
> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Oops, this was sent with too little editing, sorry.
>>
>> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> > Ben Finney <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> >> What would be better is for the “fingering” feature to support “L” and
>> >> “R” as fingers.
>> >
>> > Use \L and \R instead.
>> >
>> > L=-\tweak #'Fingering #'text "L"-1
>> > R=-\tweak #'Fignering #'text "R"-1
>
> (I also corrected the ‘Fignering’ typo.)
>
>> Lilypond will not accept an assignment to R, considering it a
>> multimeasure rest.
>
> Okay, but even with the names different (I've chosen ‘LH’ and ‘RH’),
> LilyPond doesn't like it:
>
> $ lilypond Hayate.ly
> GNU LilyPond 2.12.3
> Processing `Hayate.ly'
> Parsing...
> Hayate.ly:12:34: error: syntax error, unexpected STRING
> RH = -\tweak #'Fingering #'text "R
> "-1
My version (the latest) does. Could you try the standalone example I
posted later in the same mail starting with the bad "\L..." advice?
This works on my version. If it fails on yours, it is a version
problem. If not, you have been putting the above definitions in a
context where they are not allowed.
--
David Kastrup